Central Asia faces rising economic uncertainty amid Ukraine war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked instability in Central Asia with most of the sprawling region’s inhabitants seeing it as…
Tag: Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan hails arrival of devastating Turkish drones amid Tajik border tensions
The impoverished Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan is celebrating the arrival of Turkish Bayraktar drones, which have played a pivotal…
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan agree ceasefire after Tajik launches heavy border assault
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have signed a peace protocol to end serious border clashes in which at least 100 people have…
Tajikistan denying rights after crackdown in autonomous region: HRW
Tajikistan has detained more than 200 citizens from the Gorno-Badakshan autonomous region since protests in May and giving them closed…
Shooting on Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border sparks fears of wider conflict
A Tajik soldier has reportedly been killed in shooting on the disputed border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Shootouts have become…
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan move to end border clashes but tensions remain high on ill-defined frontier
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed a ceasefire after shooting along their contested border left two Tajiks dead last week. Kyrgyz…
Russia moves to defuse border tensions between Tajikistan and Taliban regime in Afghanistan
Russia has tried to reduce tensions between Tajikistan and Afghanistan amid reports of troops deployments along the border. Tajikistan’s President…
Tajikistan rounds up Muslim Brotherhood suspects
Tajikistan has announced the arrest of 113 suspected members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group. Prosecutor General Yusuf Rahmon…
Confusion surrounds Tajikistan terror attack
At least 17 people died last week after suspected Islamic State militants attacked a checkpoint on the Tajik border with…
Isis prison riot in Tajikistan leaves 32 dead
A riot at a prison in Tajikistan has left 32 people dead, including 24 militants from so-called Islamic State and…
Tajik link aims to power diplomatic ties
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently approved a US$35-million grant to reconnect Tajikistan’s electricity grid to the former Central Asian…
Uzbeks and Tajiks celebrate restored ties
Residents on either side of the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border are benefiting from prominent interactions between the presidents and national security ministries…
Uzbek-Tajik ties blossom
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are rebuilding bilateral ties after decades of hostility in a process that could revitalise economic between the…
Uzbek president to visit Tajikistan
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is expected to visit Tajikistan, the only Central Asian neighbour he has not visited in his…
Tajiks mark 20 uneasy years of peace
Tajikistan is marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Tajik Peace Accord that ended a five-year civil war…
Tajik lawyer stopped at border
Tajik border guards on the Kyrgyzstan border have prevented a prominent human rights lawyer from leaving the country, according to…
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